How beasts shrug off burdens

When bullock cart owners send their animals to PETA’s sanctuary in Gurugram, they are saved from backbreaking labour and get a chance to live with their own kind The Capital city is host to about 250 bullocks walking day in day out with heavy loads on their backs. Rain or shine or cold winds, they […]

No car is safe

Notorious car thief Bunty aka Devinder Singh is currently in prison but copycat thieves are keeping his dubious legacy alive Devinder Singh alias Bunty Chor is a notorious thief hailing from Delhi, who is convicted of stealing hundreds of luxury items, cars in particular. Singh had managed to spread his operations over the North of […]

Use machines, not men

The law against manual scavenging allows contractors to send workers into tanks with gear, and only during emergencies. But this is still being done as part of a regular cleaning routine. How many more deaths will it take for the authorities to stop this practice? “Every time a death happens, it shakes us up, and […]

Anti-social elements thrive on social media

The secrecy offered by WhatsApp is being misused to run sex rackets – and the Cyber Cell of the police is helpless unless girls who are being trafficked cooperate with the investigation “Follow me for WhatsApp fun, and pay to get full pleasure”. It’s entirely possible that you’ve come across such suspiciously cryptic messages on […]

Wives battle it out

When in jail, get your wife a Lok Sabha ticket. This is the mantra in some bihar constituencies “Hum Munger ki bahu hain, Munger ki mahilaon ka vote aur aashirwad humko bonus ke roop mein milega (I am Munger’s daughter-in-law, I will get blessings and votes of women from Munger as a bonus),” says Neelam […]

Work that kills

Yet again, two workers in Gurugram met an untimely death after inhaling noxious gases while cleaning a tank. The sad saga of manual scavenging continues Another shocker, another safety lapse, another mishap and six more deaths. Yes, there’s no letup in the shameful practice of manual scavenging, in the city or across the country. Gurugram […]

Danger in the bin

Big hospitals in city have an efficient waste disposal system in place. However, many small medical facilities have not fallen in line, citing difficulties On April 10, the Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) issued an ultimatum to non-bedded healthcare facilities to comply by April 25 with Bio-medical Waste Management Rules, which require all hospitals to […]

To pee or not to pee

When you gotta go, is it easy to find a public loo nearby? You can use Google Maps or ask around, but in the end the facilities may not be up to the mark If a CapitAL city should be a model for the rest of the country, one of the basics it has to […]